Digital BW, The Print

Ben, I think that is has far more to do with specific printers, not by model
number, but by owner. How they print, what they print on, the environment
that the printer is in, and the type of ink involved. 

 

Did the user do anything to help make sure that the third party ink had a
good chance of working? Cleaned the printer of Epson ink prior to use? Shake
the carts, etc. You can set yourself up for success or failure and too many
are willing to buy into the fear. 

 

Ben, It might be that the user failed to run a complete nozzle check pattern
and reset the printer to operate properly with the new inks. Printers are
not, especially the wide format machines, just a simple plug and play
device. They take work and practice to make them work properly with OEM or
third party.  

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

214-827-8301

www.ericneilsenphotography.com

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
benjschneider2
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:42 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Is this a "conspiracy theory" ?

 






Maybe not a conspiracy. I read on some forum recently, I read so many, that
all inks are not created equally, and do not work as well as OEM inks in
Epson printers. It has to do with how the inks come out of the nozzles and
deflections in the spray pattern. The person who wrote the posting said it
had to do with testing the heads during the manufacturing process, and
assigning codes to them, and applying that code to the firmware that runs
the printer. This code makes the printer work properly with that head, with
the OEM inks only which have a known quality. If the consistency of the ink
is changed, the head can have deflections which can cause banding. 

This posting may have been on the Epson WF group.

The posting went on to say that the nozzle check with 3rd. party inks will
print fine, yet banding will show up in prints. Also stated that no amount
of head cleanings will clear this banding.

I found it to be true with my Epson 9500. Prints great with OEM inks, but
when I tried the MIS ink, I had micro-banding, and strange patterns in the
dark smooth toned areas of my prints. Go back to the OEM and everything is
fine again. NUTZ! I wish it weren't so, but it sure seems to be.

As a last note, this posting went on to say that this was the reason 
Epson wants to keep control of their printer head sales. They did not want
to release the information on how to correct for this code on their printers
and give other manufactures their secrets.

Ben





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